Tag



T. ALLATT TAG Filed Jan. 29

INVENTOR Maj ATTORNEY Cir Patented Aug. 12, 1924a UNlTE STATES PATENTOFFICE.

THOMAS ALLATT OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,T0 IVLILLIE PATENT HOLDING 00., INC., 01? NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

TAG.

Application filed January 29, 1923. Serial No. 615,663.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, THoMAs ALLATT, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, and resident of lVestfield, in the countyof Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tags, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in tags, particularlydesigned for use on merchandise, said tags serving to receivedescriptive matter. The invention pertains more particularly to thattype of tags, which is attached to one end of a string, the other end ofthe latter being secured to the merchandise.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive means for securely fastening the string to the tag, saidmeans being so constructed that the fastening operation may be effectedby machinery.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the ap pended claim, without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanta of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a tag constructed in accordance with the-present invention; Fig. ,2 is aninverted plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-4-3 ofFig. 1, on a larger scale; Fig. 4.- .is a perspective view of theattaching means, also on a larger scale; and Fig. 5 1s a diagrammaticview, partly in section, of a simple mechanism for uniting the elementsof the tag.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a tag, which may be of anysuitable material, preferably of cardboard, of any desired size. To thistag is fastened by a staple 11 a string 12, said staple being U shaped,as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The staple comprises a bodyportion 13, which is disposed fiat against one face of the tag, and twoprongs 13, which are extended through and then bent toward the oppositeface of the said tag, clamping the string 12 against the said oppositetag face. The prongs are so shaped that they lay side by side, when bentagainst the tag, in, overlapping positions, at least one of the prongsbeing passed, through the string, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings. The purpose of passing at least one of the prongs throughthe string is to prevent the latter from being disengaged from the tag.The prongs are disposed side by side, so as not to project too farbeyond the tag face, and they overlap to embrace the tag in any positionof the string on the tag.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings a simple mechanism is diagrammaticallyillustrated for uniting the elements of the tag. This mechanismcomprises a base 15, in which is formed a recess 16, constituting thefemale uniting die, the male die being represented by a plunger 17,which moves between uides 18. The string 12 is first extended throughthe recess 16, and the tag 10 placed upon the base 15, the staple 11being then inserted between the guides 18, after which the plunger 17 isdriven downwards, whereby the prongs 14: of the staple first penetratethe tag, they being then deflected by the recess 16, at least one of theprongs passing through the string, as experiments have shown.

What I claim is A device of the character described, comprising a tag, astring placed against one of the faces thereof, and a staple driven fromthe opposite face of the tag through the latter, said staple includingtwo prongs bentagainst the tag in overlapping positions and clampingsaid string against said tag, at least one of said prongs passingthrough said string.

Signed at New -York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 18th day of December, A. D. 1922.

THOMAS ALLATT.

